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    Windows 7 answer please?

    I have Windows 7 installed on my laptop.I want to use some games for Windows xp.But i tried windows xp mode and it want work becouse i have low memory just 1gb in my windows 7 then in windows xp mode i have just 256 mb. And i want to install windows xp in dual boot with windows 7 but when i...
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    Windows 7 A key driver needed for CD - DVD drive is missing

    To do a total cleanup of my laptop and reinstall Win 7 32bit. It is a: Dell Precision Mobile WorkStation M6400. But a problem immediately with the error message: "A key driver needed for CD - DVD drive is missing" Then just my DVD / CD may malfunction (rails sometimes with CDs)...
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    Windows 7 Windows 7 Boot.ini Problem?

    I have read most of the posts about Windows 7 and how it no longer has Boot.ini. I am having a problem with my pc and I have tried everything. So... now I am posting for help. Info: This is originally a Dell Desktop that came with Windows xp home edition. A few years back, we installed and...
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    Windows 7 Windows 7 installation freeze.

    Hey guys, long time lurker, first time poster. I recently replaced all the parts in my computer except for the graphics card. So now that I have a practically new computer, I tried installing Windows 7. I have the Windows 7 Pro 64-bit DVD that I purchased at student pricing. My motherboard...
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    Windows 7 Clean install of Windows 7 Pro going as bad as possible

    First 3 downloads of the iso weren't complete...I didn't notice until I tried 2 burns. Then I resorted to downloading elsewhere and after 3 more downloads I got the right file(verified by hash) for 64 bit Windows Pro English. Burned the iso to my thumb drive fine, seemed to install fine and...
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    Windows 7 Help!! booting from backup????

    hi guyss i want to know something...before i asked a Q that i want to make backtup of my pc C drive so i dun have to install OS just i run the backup...n many voted for acronis tre image software...i also found it on top ten reviews website...it was ranked much above... but there is still a...
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    Windows 7 username and password recovery

    I have an eee pc small laptop which I bought few days ago. Today I deleted the log in name for the Administrator and now windows 7 asks for username and password. I have not entered any username and password initially so I have no idea what I should enter for username and password and for...
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    Windows 7 BIOS Update in Windows 7

    Hi again, I have a question how to update BIOS on Win7 x64 ultimate. I downloaded newest version of BIOS for my laptop (Toshiba Tecra A8-185 PTA83E). After unzipping there is only .exe file. When I try to run that file it says, that my OS is unsupported. When I run it in compability mode (with...
  9. Windows 7 0xc00000e9 After Install

    [SOLVED] 0xc00000e9 After Install Wow... This install is driving me nuts. I've never had this much trouble installing an operating system. Here goes.. I'm trying to get Windows 7 64-bit installed. First I was getting an error about corrupt files during extraction, so I swapped out my RAM and...
  10. Windows 7 syspart w/ Windows 7 need a second opinion

    ok i've of this little netbook that has no optical drives and windows 7 which is of course... on a dvd. now last time i needed to install XP on it i used syspart because there was no option to boot from USB. here is the how to i followed: 1) Install the hard drive as a slave in a working...
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    VIDEO 10-25-09

    The major cause of problems when UPDATING from Vista to Windows 7 are programs like Antivirus, Firewalls, and the dozen or so programs that are loading when the system boots up. Save yourself a LOT of headaches and turn them all off and run Msconfig and uncheck all the boxes under startup. Then...
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    Windows 7 Upgrading to windows 7 64 bit from xp 32bit

    As i don't have a DVD burner on my PC, I've been trying to make an bootable USB stick but when i try run the command to make it so it can boot but i get an error saying that it cant run it. Though found this guide Link Removed, which says i should use a 32bit win7 iso 1st then change 2 a 64bit...
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    Windows 7 Windows 7 boot.ini

    Windows 7 boot.ini [Solved] Hello users of this forum, Im in big trouble, cause i need to access my computer but it´s not booting, when time to boot it tells me that the boot.ini is damaged. The main problem is that i only have here a DVD with windows RT, and now im running Windows 7...
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    Windows 7 DVD Drive Not Recognized

    So i couldn't load Windows 7 from my LG Supermulti, so i used the clever USB trick to install it, the problem is that even when im in the Windows 7 OS it's still not recognized. I would assume that the problem would be the DVD Drive itself, but i am also running Windows XP and the drive works...
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    I just installed a Linux distro based on Ubuntu 9.04. It is very user friendly. I don't like the Start Menu, but that's easily changed by choosing the Gnome Desktop. I used a program called [URL=http://unetbootin.sourceforge.netUnbooten[/URL] to install on my flash drive. You need to check...
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    Windows 7 i/o error

    Hi, I've tried burning the Windows 7 iso 3 times, twice at 1x speed. Each time it completes and tries to boot up after restart it gives me an i/o error and says it is having trouble communicating with a device in relation to winload.exe. I've tried running it on Virtual PC and it seems to get...
  17. Windows 7 Complicated Install.

    First off: I have ONE hard drive to work with here (not counting the fact that I'm on another computer to type this up) I can partition/format that hard drive ANY way required. The hard drive is currently partitioned as such: 40~GB NTFS (partition 1, empty), 7GB NTFS (.isos contained here)...
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    Windows 7 Endless Installation --> Stuck at : Completing Installation

    Hi ;) I'm trying to install W7 on my laptop but I have a problem. I had vista on it, I started the installation going on the iso and clicking on Setup. All went fine, I selected an empty partition of 40go. It installs and at the final step : Completing installation, nothing happens. It...
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    Windows 7 Install Challenge

    I am trying to install Windows 7 on an older laptop, which does meet the minimum requirements. The problem is that the laptop cannot boot from DVD. I have tried a few things thus far, like: 1. Connected an external DVD drive via USB only to find that the laptop is not able to boot from USB...
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    Windows Vista Is it possible to boot and run Windows Vista (or XP) from a USB flash?

    It is possible to boot and run Windows Vista (or WinXP) from a USB flash memory stick just like some linux distributions? If so how? Boot and run Linux from a USB flash memory stick | USB Pen Drive Linux Link Removed - Invalid URL Thanks very much, Regards, Lorenzo